Bug ID

[fishfighter]

Can Anybody tell me what kind of bug this is? Finding them randomly around the yard, never seen them before maybe two years ago!!😬

[fishfighter]

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[lil bubba]

Man them things been in my garden for years.....When it gets cool this time of year they hit the citrus. Its all I can do to spray the whole yard to control them. When they hatch they got like a gazillion of them in tomaters n cukes.......

[gasdad]

I"ll take a wild guess and thing it's in the stink bug category.

[Smalls]

Its a milkweed assassin bug (Zelus longipides). They prey on a lot of the insects you don't want around your garden (flies, mosquitoes, caterpillars, etc).

[lil bubba]

Originally Posted by Smalls

Its a milkweed assassin bug (Zelus longipides). They prey on a lot of the insects you don't want around your garden (flies, mosquitoes, caterpillars, etc).

I hope you rite dude cause they always all over my tomaters cukes and fruits......In late summer they just cant be controlled.......

[lil bubba]

Well I just looked them up and they seem to be a good bug........I'll give them a year to prove themselves but I be watch'n close...........ha ha ha ha ha..............

[Smalls]

Originally Posted by lil bubba

I hope you rite dude cause they always all over my tomaters cukes and fruits......In late summer they just cant be controlled.......

They are always all over my parent's plants, too, but I don't think they've ever done anything. They will bite the fire out of you though. My dad got "stung" by one once.